The meaning of IMPROVISE is to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously. How to use improvise in a sentence.

IMPROVISE definition: to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize. See examples of improvise used in a sentence.

When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it:

If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. …

Definition of improvise verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not …

1. To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation: improvise a solution to the problem; improvise variations on a melody. 2. To make or provide from available materials: improvised …

Dec 26, 2025 · improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised) To make something up or invent it as …

IMPROVISE meaning: 1 : to speak or perform without preparation; 2 : to make or create (something) by using whatever is available

improvise, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

To improvise means to make something up on the spot, or figure it out as you go. "Our boss decided to improvise his speech at our company meeting and when he started going off-topic, …